Desert Awakenings

Desert Awakenings Colloborating with equine facilitators to assist and restore peace and harmony. Workshops,one on one sessions,drumming circles, Native American traditions

I invite all those who are interested in awakening to spend time in the beautiful Sonoran Desert with the herd and I. Peace, calmness and tranquility are the words most used to describe my healing ranch, Desert Awakenings. After working as a social worker for 25 years using these principals, I am honored to share and reflect with others in an environment that supports our ability to awaken. Throug

h this process we remember what we already know. As an awakening guide I allow myself to be as a "hollow bone" letting spirit or energy run through me as an instrument to act as a guide only - allowing you to discover your own answers. I am not a counselor or therapist, I'm here to assist in the awakening process. I have found thru my native traditions and other spiritual practices a way that has awakened me if I practice these simple but profound principles. It started with my own searching and as they say "you only teach what you need to learn", thru my own self-discovery I was asked to share with others and have been humbled and honored to do so. In the last 7 years, I have incorporated my team members Tewa, xena and Stormy to assist in healing and opening hearts. These beautiful horses have healed my heart and I am excited to share their profound wisdom and healing abilities with you. We are looking forward to meeting you. Please come and join in this miraculous healing journey back to your true self with the assistance and guidance of Native American teachings and the sentient herd. Leave Desert Awakenings with the rememberance and peace of mind that you know what is best for you. When you discover your spirit you are able to see the spirit in others, henceforth having more compassion, making this world a better one.

06/25/2026

Where Breath Becomes Hoof and Heart

She leans into the silence of the world,
where blue winds sleep inside the skin of stone.

A white spirit stands before her—
not animal, not dream, but remembering.

Their foreheads touch like ancient prayers
that never needed language to survive.

Between them, time loosens its grip,
becoming dust of sky and drifting light.

The horse breathes her sorrow inward,
and returns it as calm snowfall of trust.

She offers no command, no need to own—
only the quiet language of presence.

In her hands, the world learns gentleness,
as if softness were the oldest law.

The ancestors move through the horse’s mane,
woven in currents of invisible song.

Each strand carries a forgotten name
that still knows how to return home.

She remembers a bond older than roads,
older than the carving of borders.

Friendship here is not spoken—it is felt,
like rivers recognizing the sea.

The horse closes its eyes in her stillness,
and the universe exhales slowly.

Nothing is held, yet nothing is lost—
only transformed through shared breath.

And in that sacred, wordless meeting,
the earth itself learns how to love again.

06/09/2026

Horses Give Us Purpose

06/09/2026

Whisper of Hooves

I feel your heartbeat in the wind,
Soft as the river's song.
Through the fields of wildflowers,
I have walked beside your spirit all along.

Your hands, gentle as the morning light,
Reach for me with trust unspoken.
I am your shadow, your echo,
Your companion in this world awoken.

Listen, my friend, to the earth beneath our hooves,
The stories carried in each stone and stream.
I remember the ancestors’ footsteps,
Their dreams riding beside you in the gleam.

When your tears fall like summer rain,
I will bend my head to drink them in.
When your joy leaps like a blazing sun,
I will gallop, your laughter under my skin.

We are kin, though flesh and fur divide,
Bound by the sacred paths of sky and land.
I am your whisper in the tall grass,
Your voice carried in the wind’s gentle hand.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

06/07/2026

People often think horses listen to our voices.

But they don’t.

They listen to something much deeper.

They listen to the energy we carry.

You can stand beside a horse and speak the most beautiful words ever spoken, yet if your heart is restless, the horse will feel it. You can smile while hiding pain, and the horse will notice. You can pretend to be strong, confident, or fearless, but a horse sees through every mask.

That is what makes them so extraordinary.

In a world where people are constantly judged by appearance, status, or success, horses judge none of those things. They respond only to what is real. They do not care about the clothes you wear, the money you have, or the mistakes you made yesterday. They care about the truth inside you.

Perhaps that is why so many broken people find comfort in horses.

Because horses never ask us to be perfect.

They ask us to be honest.

This image captures something that words struggle to explain. A quiet moment. A gentle touch. No commands. No expectations. No need to prove anything. Just two souls sharing the same space, connected by trust.

Trust is a fragile thing.

It cannot be forced.

It cannot be bought.

It must be earned through patience, kindness, and consistency.

A horse teaches this lesson better than almost anyone.

The strongest bond is not built through control. It is built through understanding.

Every horse owner knows the feeling. There are moments when your horse lowers its head into your hands, relaxes beside you, and chooses your presence over everything else around it. In that instant, you realize you have been given a gift more valuable than words can describe.

Because trust is love in its purest form.

And horses understand that language fluently.

Maybe that is why they heal hearts without speaking.

Why they calm anxious minds without offering advice.

Why they make lonely people feel seen without asking a single question.

They remind us that connection is not created through conversation.

It is created through presence.

Through patience.

Through energy.

And in a world filled with endless noise, perhaps the most beautiful thing we can offer another living soul is exactly that: our genuine, honest presence.

Because horses have always known a secret that humans often forget.

The heart speaks louder than words ever will.

06/07/2026

I think one of the deepest longings horses and humans share is the desire to be known.

Not managed.

Not fixed.

Not improved.

Known.

There is a subtle difference.

When we are trying to manage someone, we are focused on changing them.

When we are trying to know them, we become curious about who they already are.

A horse who spooks.

A horse who hesitates.

A horse who always walks to the far corner of the pasture when visitors arrive.

A horse who seeks out companionship.

A horse who values space.

A horse who loves play.

A horse who prefers quiet.

The traditional question is often:

"How do I change this?"

But another question exists.

"What does this tell me about who this horse is?"

I think many of us know what it feels like when someone is more interested in changing us than understanding us.

It's exhausting.

Because you begin to feel like a problem to solve instead of a person to know.

Perhaps horses feel something similar.

Perhaps one of the greatest gifts we can offer another being is the feeling that they do not need to become someone else before they are worthy of our curiosity.

The horses who have changed me most were not the ones who became what I wanted them to be.

They were the ones who taught me to wonder who they already were.

And every time I chose curiosity over correction, I discovered something beautiful waiting there.

Not a problem.

A fellow being.

06/01/2026

Through the Golden Season

She walks through the golden trees,
their leaves whispering secrets of the ancestors.
The river sings beneath her feet,
carrying stories of wind and sun,
of earth and time long past.

The horse beneath her feels the pulse of the land,
muscles strong, heart steady beneath her hands.
Its mane brushes the amber leaves,
and in her chest, a quiet awe
for the life that breathes around her.

The moon rises, silver and full,
casting light on the path she follows.
Each step becomes a prayer,
each breath a memory,
each moment a gift from the Earth itself.

Through the golden season she rides,
free yet tethered to the soul of the land,
her spirit entwined with wind and water,
her heart echoing the strength
and gentle wisdom of the world.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

05/28/2026

Sunfire Companion

Beneath the glow of amber sun,
I rest my forehead against the white horse,
its breath a quiet hymn
that flows into the marrow of my bones.

Feathers brush my hair,
and in their rustle
I hear the voices of those who came before,
their whispers etched in wind and flame,
their teachings carried in light and shadow.

Orange butterflies drift like memories,
soft and fleeting,
between past and present,
between heart and earth,
weaving the threads of lineage
into a living tapestry.

In this sacred pause,
time folds gently,
and I feel the pulse of continuity,
the quiet strength of kinship,
the promise that all who came before
still walk beside me
in the warmth of the sun and the hush of the world.

05/23/2026

Where the Horse Keeps Her Sorrows

The white horse came to her
on a quiet moon night,
when the rivers were sleeping
and even the wind spoke softly.

He lowered his head beside her
as if he already knew
the weight she carried inside.

“Why do you walk
with so much sadness in your spirit?”
the horse asked.

The girl touched his silver mane
and answered:

“Because I have loved deeply.
Because I have lost things
I cannot call back.”

The horse stood silent for a long while.

Then he said,

“The earth loses the leaves every autumn,
yet spring still returns.
The moon disappears,
yet she always finds her way back to the sky.”

The girl closed her eyes,
listening.

His breath was warm as cedar smoke.
His heartbeat sounded
like distant drums beneath the mountains.

“My people once believed,”
the horse whispered,
“that sorrow is not meant
to be carried forever.
You must place some of it
into the hands of the earth.”

So she leaned her forehead against his,
and little by little,
her grief flowed out
like rain returning to the soil.

The stars watched quietly.

And before dawn arrived,
the horse spoke once more:

“You are not alone, daughter of the earth.
Even wounded spirits
still deserve to run free.”

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

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